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. 1993 Mar;30(2):195-207.
doi: 10.1597/1545-1569_1993_030_0195_iwaseo_2.3.co_2.

Intercanine widening and sagittal effect of maxillary transverse expansion in patients with cleft lip and palate during the deciduous and mixed dentitions

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Intercanine widening and sagittal effect of maxillary transverse expansion in patients with cleft lip and palate during the deciduous and mixed dentitions

R S Tindlund et al. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 1993 Mar.

Abstract

Since 1977 cleft lip and palate (CLP) patients with maxillary deficiency have received an interceptive orthopedic treatment consisting of (a) transverse expansion, (b) protraction, and (c) fixed retention. Ideally the treatment should be completed early enough to permit spontaneous eruption of the maxillary permanent incisors into normal occlusion without orthodontic intervention. The early transverse expansion considerably increases space so that unerupted malpositioned incisors spread out spontaneously, creating optimal conditions for eruption and root formation. Dental diagnosis in the cleft areas is made easier. Posterior crossbites in 112 CLP patients were expanded with a modified quad-helix appliance cemented with four bands in the deciduous or mixed dentition. Intercanine widening was about 3 mm per month regardless of cleft type. Several authors have claimed that transverse expansion of the upper jaw will increase sagittal overjet. Other authors have not found such an effect. The sagittal effect on the maxilla was studied in 68 CLP patients who had received transverse expansion. Analysis of the lateral cephalograms revealed no significant sagittal dentofacial maxillary treatment effects involving forward movement of maxilla, but a downward clockwise rotation of the mandible was found.

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